Burn Baby Burn. Raping the Muck for her sweet stuff.
Swampthing, maybe the first environmentalist.
What's up with the Big Sugar Deal and our Governor Crist? Sounds like a "bait and switch" perpetrated on Florida Taxpayers at the expense of the Everglades.
Is this Charlie just being sour grapes; getting even for being passed over for VP by what's-her-name? He sure works hard for his pals at the decimated GOP.
Front Page today New York Times:
MIAMI — United States Sugar Corporation has agreed to sell 181,000 acres of farmland to the State of Florida for $1.34 billion in a slimmed-down deal intended to rescue the Everglades while letting the company stay in business.
The price is $410 million less than Gov. Charlie Crist offered for the entire company in June. It is also a simpler transaction involving only real estate — U.S. Sugar would retain its mill, citrus processing facilities and other assets — leaving open the possibility of preserving the company’s 1,700 jobs.
“This is a unique opportunity,” said Robert Coker, a senior vice president with U.S. Sugar.Look for serious analysis at Eye on Miami.
We pay for the land and pay again at publix.
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